Remote Disaster Recovery Lead and COOP Exercise Coordinator

DecisionPoint Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Disaster Recovery Test Coordinator and Exercise Lead to plan, manage, and document enterprise-wide DR and COOP exercises across a large government-aligned IT environment. This role ensures compliance with DoD, NIST, and federal testing requirements while validating system recoverability and operational resilience.

The DR Lead will conduct bi-annual DR/COOP exercises, validate RTO/RPO, coordinate cross-team participation, and document results, AARs, CAPs, and

Qualifications

• Active TS clearance required and Tier 5 background investigation.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in disaster recovery, continuity testing, IT operations, or risk management.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and execute bi-annual DR and COOP exercises for enterprise applications, infrastructure, databases, and cloud systems.
• Ensure exercises comply with NIST, DoD, and federal continuity testing requirements.
• Develop exercise agendas, scenarios, evaluation criteria, and recovery validation steps.
• Coordinate participation across engineering, cloud, database, security, and service desk teams.
• Validate Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) for critical systems.
• Document test results, performance metrics, observed gaps, and recovery timelines.
• Prepare After-Action Reports (AARs), Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), and exercise summary briefings.
• Track the status of remediation activities and ensure closure of identified issues.
• Maintain DR testing documentation, procedures, runbooks, and compliance artifacts.
• Conduct readiness assessments to support DR strategy updates and COOP program improvements.
• Coordinate with continuity, cybersecurity, and compliance teams to ensure alignment with enterprise resilience requirements.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

DR/COOP planning

NIST/DoD testing

Cross-team coordination

Documentation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or related field

Tools

Test management software

DR automation tools

Job description

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Disaster Recovery Test Coordinator and Exercise Lead to plan, manage, and document enterprise-wide DR and COOP exercises across a large government-aligned IT environment. This role ensures compliance with DoD, NIST, and federal testing requirements while validating system recoverability and operational resilience.

The DR Lead will conduct bi-annual DR/COOP exercises, validate RTO/RPO, coordinate cross-team participation, and document results, AARs, CAPs, and